6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Chris o New Year tasting 08/09. It’s alright. Quite a stable 10% IPA with decent flavours. It’s got a pretty good malty backbone, but it’s ok hop. Not too aggressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2009
at 06:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF08. Almost black colour, small light brown head. Good roasted aroma. The flavour is nice, roasted with a hint of dark bread. A bit of sour bitterness and mold in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2008
at 18:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at The Raven, Bath 6/9/08. Slightly hazy gold with a slight white head. Aroma of spice, hay and earthy hops. Flavour began with some sweetness before more spice, a floral edge and short bitter finish. Unusual.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2008
at 17:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
cask at JDW cropredy ... pale yellow,lovely lemon fresh hop,light fruity lemon fresh little hop in background
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2008
at 13:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask@GBBF2008. Very deep rubyish amber colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is caramel, sweet fruits and mild notes of wood. Flavour is dark fruits, sour wood and mild notes of sour sap. Also some mild notes of diacetyl.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2008
at 00:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF 08. Black, thin beige head. Powdery choc aroma, powdery in mouth. It’s ok, a little bit of hop on end. Little bit thin maybe. Some dark fruit. Just not there in terms of quaffability.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2008
at 08:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[i] [b] Cask conditioned at the Exchange, Banbury, Oxon, 02-06-08 [/i] [/b] Pours hazy light/mid gold with a white lacing of bubbles. Initially fruity and sweet but backed up with some light bitterness that hangs around a little. Whilst it doesn’t look bad it tastes better than it looks. Some tanginess, served a bit too cool, aroma dulled by being slightly too cool.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2008
at 01:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Raven, Bath 18/5/08. Near black with no head. Aroma of bitter chocolate with a hint of savoury and roast malt. Flavour began with some coffee and bitter chocolate before a slightly salty, dry finish. A bit subdued all round [3]. Re-rate 1/5/10 at the Priory, Tetbury. Served with a slight white head. Chocolate and sour plums were much more pronounced this time around, witha hint of salt and big, bitter finish. Very good [3.6]
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2008
at 14:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ The Briar Rose, Birmingham B2, UK. Clear medium black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, burnt, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter (malt bitter) with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft / flat. (130108)
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2008
at 11:56
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
[i] BCA from The Woolpack, Banbury, 30-12-07 [/i] Poured muddy brown with tiny rim of white bubbles, I really struggle to say anything positive about this beer, it was pretty poor, I’m suprised as I’ve had some good beers from North Cotswold before, but this was thin watery, a touch of sourness on the nose, I poured it away, not great.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2007
at 15:48